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Noisy scenes rock MC House
meeting
Chandigarh, March 31
Noisy scenes rocked the general house meeting of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation today, forcing the Mayor to adjourn the proceedings on two occasions.
The monthly meeting witnessed heated exchange of words between ruling and opposition councillors over the issue of delay in putting up the recommendations of the sanitation committee before the House for over 11 months and discussion on the issue of a piece of land acquisition in Darshani
Bagh, Mani Majra.
Meat sellers’ encroachment
bid
SAS Nagar, March 31
For the second time in a month, PUDA officials today successfully foiled a bid by ousted meat and fish sellers from encroaching upon prime PUDA land opposite its office in Phase I here. Interestingly, sources in PUDA stated that senior PUDA officials had unofficially ‘allowed’ this encroachment.
War hits foreign tourist
inflow
Chandigarh, March 31
Like other sectors of the economy, the prolonged Iraq war has badly affected the visit of the foreign tourists to this region. Consequently, it has forced domestic tour operators to explore the potential of domestic tourists.
 Jacob for running trains on humanitarian
mission
Chandigarh, March 31
The Governor of Punjab, Lieut Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), today urged the Railway Ministry to introduce "hospital on wheels" trains for the benefit of people residing in remote areas.
The Punjab Governor, Lieut-Gen J. F. R. Jacob (retd), lights a lamp to inaugurate a function to mark 150 years of the Indian Railways in Chandigarh on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
ZP bypoll on April
12
Chandigarh, March 31
Elections to fill a vacancy in the local Zila Parishad will be held on April 12. On the same date byelections will also be held to fill vacancies of sarpanch of Daria village and panch of Khuda Jassu village. The vacancy in Zila Parishad is for villages of Kishangarh and Mauli Jagran and the seat is reserved for women. Other poll are for un-reserved seats.
Refresher course for cops concludes
Chandigarh, March 31
A residential refresher course for Sub-Inspectors and Assistant Sub-Inspectors concluded at Police Lines, Sector 26 here today. As many as 25 Sub-Inspectors and Assistant Sub-Inspectors, drawn from various units of the city police participated in the 15-day refresher course.
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The tragedy of Sukhna’s silt
For the last umpteen years the U T Administration has been carrying on its annual exercise of creating some extra capacity in Sukhna lake by desilting it with the help of machines and motivated volunteers. The resulting relief, if any, is short-lived and vanishes by the end of the monsoon. In any case, it does not extend up to the winter, when it is needed the most.
Admn gears up for Navratra Fair
Panchkula, March 31
The district administration has made all arrangements for Navratra fair to be held at the Mansa Devi shrine from April 2 onwards.
The administration has appointed nodal officers for the fair here while appointing the SDM, Panchkula, Mr Inder Singh, overall in charge.
Valmiki Samaj holds
meeting
Chandigarh, March 31
A meeting of the representatives of the Valmiki Samaj was today held under the chairmanship of Mr Subash Sagar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, UT Police, regarding the celebration of ‘Murti Pargat Divas’ of Lord Valmiki at Bhagvan Valmiki Mandir here.
Tribune scribe retires
Chandigarh, March 31
Mr Vinaya Sharma, Chief Proofreader, The Tribune, retired today after completing 39 years of service. He joined the institution as a proofreader at Ambala in 1964.
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Chandigarh, March 31
